ramblings of a {sys,net}admin…

By Michael Hampton:

A well coordinated attack against multiple critical infrastructure points launched via the Internet could overwhelm the federal governmentâ’s ability to respond, according to a report released by the Department of Homeland Security last week on the Cyber Storm exercise conducted in February.

Conducted from Feb. 6-10, 2006, Cyber Storm was an exercise in coordinating public and private sector response to a series of simulated terrorist attacks on Internet-connected critical infrastructure, such as the electrical power grid and air traffic control, as well as general attacks on the integrity of the Internet as a whole, conducted by fake left-leaning groups for political purposes. My favorite part was when the hackers disabled the heating systems in government buildings.